Supporting all who care for elders
I made a valiant effort to keep the horror off my face. It was the yearly care conference for this resident and her four children sat in our meeting room with the doctor, physio, dietary staff and others. The purpose was to review her care plan and tweak it if needed. I had just explained […]
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“They cancelled Hallowe’en? How can they cancel Hallowe’en?” That was the cry last year as we saw event after event cancelled. Because Hallowe’en occurred outside, we held faint hope that perhaps it could still happen, but eventually the word came from above that it, too, was cancelled. Little did we know how many other events
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When my kids were little, I was not a fan of Hallowe’en. That’s an understatement. I hated it. The spiritual implications, the cost, and all that candy put me off. I probably scarred them for life, but they got dressed up and we took them out to Chuck E. Cheese, where they came home with
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My new favorite poster is a picture of a goldfish wearing a shark costume. It says, “Be brave. Even if you’re not, pretend to be.” So today, I will pretend to be brave and talk about Hallowe’en. When my kids were growing up, we did a modified version of Hallowe’en, but they never went trick-or-treating.
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